CALAPIUM 



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CALADIUM 



small sagittate leaves have a light 

 green ground colour, irregularly 

 blotched with white, the borders and 

 main veins being also white. (Fl. d. 

 Serr. xiii. 1345; III. Hort. 1858, 158.) 

 (7. lilliputiamtm seems to be merely 

 a variety of this (III. Hort. 1892, 186). 



C. Baraqulni. Leaves 20 to 30 ins. 

 long, with deep red centre and dark 

 green margins (III. Hort. 1850, 257 ; 

 Fl. d. Serr. xiii. 1377). 



O. bicolor (Arum bicolor}. Leaves 

 peltate cordate, sagittate, coloured 

 bright red in the centre. Grows 

 about 1 ft. high. (Sot. Mag. tt. 820, 

 2543.) As already stated, many forms 



Fio. 83. Caladium Ucolor. 



have arisen from this species, and in 

 past days many names were given to 

 the most striking. The ginger-like 

 roots of this species are eaten by the 

 natives in the Tropics. 



C. Cannarti. Leaves green, with 

 paler blotches and deep red veins. 



C. Chantini. Leaves bright crimson 

 irregularly blotched with white, and 

 bordered with dark green. 



C. Devosianum. Leaves angular, 

 blotched with white and pink. 



C. Hardyi. Leaves reddish, slightly 

 spotted with white. 



C. Kochl. Leaves green, spotted 

 with white. 



O. Lemaireanum. Leaves green, 

 veined with white (III. Hort. 1862, 

 t. 311). 



C. Leopold!. Leaves green, marbled 

 with red and blotched with pink. 



C. macrophyllum. Leaves large, 

 pale green, blotched greenish-white. 



C. maculatum. Leaves oblong, 

 pointed, cordate at the base, clearly 

 spotted with white. 



C. mannoratum (Alocasia Roezli). 

 Leaves broad, peltate, over 1 ft. long, 

 sagittate-ovate acute, dark bottle- 

 green dotted and blotched with 

 white. The variety costata is dis- 

 tinguished by having the midrib 

 marked out with a tapering band of 

 silvery grey. 



C. medioradiatu m. An orna- 

 mental species with peltate, ovate- 

 acute leaves notched at the base, 

 dark green, with midrib and branches 

 silvery white, the stalk being mottled 

 with brown (HI. Hort. xxxviii. t. 

 128). 



C. Rougieri. Leaves green, spotted 

 white ; centre paler green, veined red. 



C. rubescens. This species has a 

 leaf -blade 6 ins. long by 2 ins. wide, 

 ovate lance-shaped, wavy, with short 

 basal lobes, crimson, edged with 

 white. The spathe is 3| ins. long, 

 green with a blackish stripe. (Gard. 

 Chron. 1893, xiv. 86.) 



C. sagittatum. A distinct species, 

 having narrow sagittate leaves, deeply 

 bilobed behind, dark green in colour, 

 the midrib and main veins being 

 feathered with red (111. Hort. 

 xxxviii. t. 138). 



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